excerpt vs quotation
quotation vs excerptexcerpt and quotation both are nouns.
excerpt is a verb but quotation is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| excerpt | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| quotation | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
quotation is a hyponym of
excerpt; that is, quotation is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
excerpt:
- excerpt: a passage selected from a larger work
- quotation: a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Other hyponyms of excerpt include
chrestomathy, analecta, analects, clipping, cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting, cut, track, citation, quote.
| excerpt (noun) | quotation (noun) |
|---|---|
| a passage selected from a larger work | the practice of quoting from books or plays etc. |
| a passage or expression that is quoted or cited | |
| a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage | |
| a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity |
| excerpt (verb) | quotation (verb) |
|---|---|
| take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy |
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